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should be of many varieties. My selection for such an orchard would 

 be, Yellow Transparent, Early Harvest, Red June, Early Strawberry, 

 Rambo, Snow, Maiden Blush, Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, Roman 

 Stem, Smith's Cider, Jonathan. Huntsman, Winesap, Missouri Pip- 

 ])in. Grimes Golden, Minkler, York Imperial, Gano and Ben Davis. 

 The number of each variety can be governed according to the needs of 

 the planter. These varieties are mostly old, well tested and in general 

 use. The selection of the varieties for a commercial orchard is quite 

 a different thing; if you make a mistake here it would perhaps prove 

 more fatal than in any other part of the business. 



There are two essential qualities that your varieties must have to 

 be profitable. They must be good bearers and saleable. To be saleable 

 rlicy must be of good size and have good keeping qualities. 



As for my own experience with varieties it is limited. I have al- 

 ways been afraid to plant much of anything except Ben Davis for fear 

 I would make a mistake, and as yet can't see that I have gone far wrong. 

 Although there are some other varieties that I would plant to-day were 

 I planting an orchard, yet I am not sure that they would be more 

 profitable than the old reliably. 



Ben Davis, Gano, Missouri Pippin and York Imperial I think 

 would be my list for a commercial orchard. Jonathan is a fine apple 

 and for people in the northern part of the state it may be profitable, but 

 with us in Carroll county it is too early ; it won't make money for me. 

 The Winesap has been planted some, but I have never seen a profitable 

 orchard of them. There are many other varieties that I see recom- 

 mended but have had no experience with them, so I will let those that 

 have, recommend them. The Ben Davis has been and is to-day a 

 money maker. 



The. Missouri Pippin is a young bearer and has on that account 

 proven very profitable. I would only use it for close planting as men- 

 tioned heretofore in this paper, for the old trees are not profitable any- 

 way, so crowd them up. make it bear itself to death and get it out of the 

 wav. 



The York Imperial has so many friends and I see it recommended 

 so much that I would surely have to try a few of them. I believe it is 

 here to stav. 



